Kella

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kella by the numbers

Kella was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 23 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kella

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kella. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kellybright-headed or warrior; from O Ceallaigh610 in the US (2017)
  • Keilacitadel, fortress; a form of Keilah138 in the US (2017)
  • Kellibright-headed; a spelling variant of Kelly30 in the US (2017)
  • Kealathe path or way10 in the US (2017)
  • Keolalife6 in the US (2017)
  • Keyla345 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kella

Names that are said the same way as Kella, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Keilahcitadel, fortress; a form of Keila30 in the US (2017)
  • Keela15 in the US (2017)
  • Keylah8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kella

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